Greg Luzinski, Ollie Brown and Larry Bowa each drove in two runs to help Jim Kaat end a six-game personal losing streak as the Phillies pounded the Cardinals, 9-1. Kaat, who had not posted a victory since August 21, limited the Redbirds to five hits in his six-inning stint. Jerry Martin hit his first homer of the season in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 9, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Monday, September 27, 1976 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Phillies     2  0  0    1  1  0    3  1  1  -   9 15  0
Cardinals    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  2


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   1   1   0     0   0   .279      Mumphrey cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .256
  Harmon 2b,ss        3   1   1   0     0   1   .327      Templeton ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Bosetti cf            5   2   3   0     1   0   .300        Kessinger ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Schmidt 3b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .261      Brock lf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .303
  Vukovich 3b         2   1   0   1     0   0   .000        Potter lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Luzinski lf           4   0   3   2     0   0   .304      Anderson rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .296
  Andrews 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Hernandez 1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .290
Brown rf              4   1   0   2     0   1   .249      Cruz 3b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .229
Martin 1b,lf          3   2   2   1     2   0   .267      Rudolph c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Nahorodny c           3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Tyson 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .290
  Tolan ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .261      Falcone p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .136
Bowa ss               4   0   1   2     0   0   .249        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lerch p             1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000        Ferguson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .177        Solomon p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Oates ph,c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .253        Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Tamargo ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Waterbury p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  15   8     4   5             Totals               33   1   8   1     0   2

Time of Game: 2:09   Attendance:  6,199
Left on Base: Phillies 11, Cardinals 5
DP: Phillies 2, Cardinals 1
Errors: Cruz, Rudolph
Doubles: Luzinski (28), Nahorodny (1), Harmon (4), Lerch (1), Hernandez (20)
Triples: Hernandez (5)
Home Runs: Martin (1)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (14), Bosetti (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Brown (4)
GIDP: Bosetti (1), Hernandez (8), Rudolph (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(12-14)           6     5   0   0   0   2   0  21   3.48
Lerch SV(1)             3     3   1   1   0   0   0  12   3.00
Totals                  9     8   1   1   0   2   0  33

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone L(12-15)        4.1   6   4   4   3   3   1  22   3.32
LaGrow                  1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.54
Solomon                 0.2   3   3   3   1   0   0   7   4.86
Wallace                 1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.26
Waterbury               1     2   1   1   0   1   0   4   6.00
Totals                  9    15   9   9   4   5   1  47

Wild Pitches: Falcone (9)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to left; Falcone threw a wild pitch
[Cash to second]; Bosetti walked; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski
doubled to left [Cash scored, Bosetti to third]; Brown hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Bosetti scored]; Martin walked;
Nahorodny flied to left in foul territory; Debut game for
Bill Nahorodny; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals
0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Mumphrey flied out to right; Templeton flied out
to center; Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bowa popped to first in foul territory; Kaat
struck out; Cash lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Anderson singled to right; Hernandez grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Anderson out
at second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bosetti grounded out (pitcher to first); Schmidt
walked; Schmidt stole second; Luzinski flied out to center;
Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Rudolph flied out to left; Tyson grounded out
(shortstop to first); On a bunt Falcone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Martin homered; Nahorodny doubled to left; Bowa
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kaat struck out; Cash flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first);
Templeton grounded out (third to first); Brock singled to left;
Anderson forced Brock (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bosetti singled to pitcher; Bosetti stole second;
Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski singled to
right [Bosetti scored]; LAGROW REPLACED FALCONE (PITCHING);
Brown popped to second; Martin singled to center [Luzinski to
second]; Nahorodny flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED SCHMIDT (PLAYING 3B); HARMON
REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); Hernandez grounded out (second to
first); Cruz singled to left; Rudolph grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa flied out to right; Kaat popped to shortstop;
Harmon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Tyson singled to left; FERGUSON BATTED FOR
LAGROW; Ferguson popped to second; Mumphrey singled to center
[Tyson to second]; Templeton flied out to right; Brock forced
Mumphrey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies
4, Cardinals 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: SOLOMON REPLACED FERGUSON (PITCHING); KESSINGER
REPLACED TEMPLETON (PLAYING SS); Bosetti singled to left;
Vukovich forced Bosetti (second to shortstop); Luzinski singled
to left [Vukovich to third]; Brown reached on a fielder's choice
[Vukovich scored, Luzinski to second]; Martin walked [Luzinski
to third, Brown to second]; TOLAN BATTED FOR NAHORODNY; Tolan
forced Luzinski (first to catcher) [Brown to third, Martin to
second]; Bowa singled to right [Brown scored, Martin scored,
Tolan to third, Bowa to second (error by Rudolph)]; OATES BATTED
FOR KAAT; WALLACE REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Oates grounded
out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 7,
Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 7TH: HARMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ANDREWS
REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING 2B); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); TOLAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); LERCH REPLACED
BOWA (PITCHING); OATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Anderson
flied out to right; Hernandez doubled to left; Cruz singled to
right [Hernandez scored]; Rudolph forced Cruz (shortstop to
second); Tyson flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 7, Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: POTTER REPLACED BROCK (PLAYING LF); Harmon doubled
to left; Bosetti singled to left [Harmon to third]; Vukovich
reached on an error by Cruz [Harmon scored, Bosetti to second];
Andrews singled to shortstop [Bosetti to third, Vukovich to
second]; Brown struck out; Martin popped to third; Tolan popped
to second; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: TAMARGO BATTED FOR WALLACE; Tamargo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mumphrey grounded out (second to first);
Kessinger lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8,
Cardinals 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: WATERBURY REPLACED TAMARGO (PITCHING); Lerch
doubled to right; Oates singled to right [Lerch to third];
Harmon struck out; Bosetti grounded into a double play (second
to first to shortstop to first) [Lerch scored (no RBI), Oates
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 9, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Potter flied out to right; Anderson flied to
right in foul territory; Hernandez tripled to left; Cruz flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 9, Cardinals 1.